Curtain and shade bracket.



No. 872,862. PATENTED DEC. 3, 1907. A. M. TRUESDALE & E. A. THOMPSON.CURTAIN AND SHADE BRACKET.

APPLICATION FILED APR.24.1907.

uoeutow Qvitn woes of brackets that are a( dows of different widths.

improve and simplify devices of this character so as to be comparaitively easy and inexpenslve to manufacture,

provision of combined shade and curtain ture and having a screw cast orotherwise suitably secured to the shank or body thereof so that thebrackets can be readily applied 1 simple and convenient manner.

brackets having accommo will appear as the description proceeds, theinvention comprises the various novel features of construction in theclaims appended itrate one of the embodiments of the invenjtion, Figure1 is a front elevation of the upper proved brackets side view of one Y3: ,plan view thereof. Similar reference characters are employed todesignate corresponding Referring to the drawing, 1 designates a1 'AVERYM. TRUESDALE AND ERNIE A. THOMPSON, OF JEFFERSON, OHIO. cunram m SHADEBRACKET.

To' all whoin it may concern: I Be it known that we, AVERY M. TRUES- IDALE and ERNIE A. THOMPSON, citizens of I the United States, residing atJefferson, in the county of Ashtabulaand State of Ohio, have inventednew and useful Improvements in Curtain and Shade Brackets, of which thefollowing is a specification.

's invention relates to a curtain and shade holder of that ty ecomprising a. pair l apted to be applied independently to the windowcasing so that they can be used in connection with win- The inventionhas for one of its objects to the construction of of substantial designand readily applied.

A further object of the invention is the brackets each comprising anintegral struciu the desired position on the window frame without theuse of special tools and in a A still further object is to provide apair of upwardly extending arms that are curved laterally and upwardlyfrom the shank )ortions so that the curtain can be ated between the armson the curtain rod that is supported upon the extrempermit the curtainto be of greater width than the shade which is a curtain.

With these 0 jects in view and others as and arrangement of arts whichwill be more fully described ereinafter and set forth with particularityhereto. In the accompanying drawings which illusportion of a windowframe showing the imafpplied thereto. Fig.2 is a the brackets. Fig. 3 isa parts through the views.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed April 24. 1907.Serial No. 370.059.

cured in Patented Dec. 3, 1907. J

window frame to-which the brackets 2 are applied. These brackets are andin the form of-rights and lefts. bracket is anintegral casting or otherture comprislng a shank or that has a circular base 4 and oE rcE.

made in pairs 7 Each strucy body portion-3 a screw 5 cast I or otherwisesuitably secured in the base and extending outwardly from the shank 3 isan arm 6 that curves upwardly. and laterally and terminates in an eye 7.The brackets 2 are secured to the window casing by means of the screws 5and the arms I6 are extend outwardly window frame or in other words,portions of the brackets are nearer than the eyes or extremities of thebody arranged to from the openin of the The body portions are eachprovidedwith-a plurah tion of latter may be of any approved design.brackets are so located that the shade will be y of spaced recesses8,for

he recep- Y the pintles 9 of a shade roll 10 which- .75 i

The

confined between the vertical members of custom.

window frame according to theusual is arranged a curtainrod 11 of In theeyes 7 ordinary form for supporting a curtain and since the distance"between the. brackets at greater of the bracket, the curtain can bestretched considthe terminal portions is considerabl than the distancebetween the sham erably wider than the shade so that the curtain willcover not only the shade but a portion of-the window frame, thus'addingto the appearance of the window andfurthermore, the curtain'will be hungfrom a .point somewhat above the shade. Since-the fastening screws arerigidly secured to the brackets, the latter can be quickly andconvenientl pla'e byusing the bracket itsel as a handle or driver, thusenabling any one to secure the brackets without the aid of tools. Thebrackets .are of substantial construction and neat in appearanceandcoiver so little of the'window' frame that they'do not have to betaken down in repainting the window frame.

From' the foregoing description taken in connection with theaccompanying drawing,

the advantages. .of the construction'will be readily understood andwhile we have described the principle of operation of the inventiontogether with the device which we now consider to be the best embodimentthereof, we desire to have it understood that is merely illustrative anddesired the device shown that such changes may be made when as are thescope of the claims.

Having thus described the invention, what we claim as new is 1. Abracket having a combined curtain and shade supporter comprising a-shankhavidly secured to one end of the shank, an outwardly extending armintegrally connected with the shank at the opposite end and curvingupwardly and laterally therefrom and provided with an eye at itsextremity.

2. A bracket comprising a shank having recesses in one of its sidesurfaces and suitably spaced apart, a fastening device rigidly mgrecessesin one of its side surfaces extendmg partially through the same,a screw rig secured to one end of the shank, an out- 15 wardly extendingarm curved laterally and upwardly so as to be horizontally andvertically out of the plane of the shank and parallel therewith, thesaid shank forming a head to permit the fastening to be driven 20 into asupport.

In testimony whereof, we aflEix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

AVERY M. TRUESDALE. ERNIE A. THOMPSON. Witnesses: 1

B. F. PERRY, Jr., KATHRYN GHENT.

